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David Ige is in Washington meeting with everyone who he thinks might help the islands — including the newly empowered Republicans.

The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands comes under fire for not providing any new housing units last fiscal year.

One possibility is converting a test facility on Kauai into an “operational” intercept site in the face of a growing threat from North Korea.

Sen. Hirono addressed island veterans’ issues with David Shulkin during his confirmation hearing. The Senate approved him unanimously.

The president said he would rescind his earlier travel ban — now stalled in court — and instead issue another one.

Hawaii’s Hirono supports the measure. An expert says the lack of seismic monitoring coordination threatens public safety.

Meanwhile, a judge in Honolulu allows Hawaii to add another plaintiff in its suit against the Trump administration.

“We need to tell the truth about how unready we are,” says U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe, an Oklahoma Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee.

The U.S. Supreme Court Justice, in Honolulu for a UH law school program, spoke to high school students Saturday.

Abe and his wife will visit the White House and then spend the weekend with Trump and his wife at the president’s Palm Beach golf resort.